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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-13
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-13
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-13

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-13

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-13
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WILL EXCHANGE s3,0G TO 8 % worth
w cry goods, notions, shoes AID ats eli In
original Packages, fer rsa estate IN T.frs Csnnty
prefer min proved Address eOI IS, --5a Tsrss
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-15
The Sword Of DamoeIes.

You will sometimes read an al.
lusion to the sword Of Damocles.-
Perhaps you have not understood
what 1T meant. This is the story.
Some four hundred years before
the time of Christ, Dlonysius the
elder was "tyrant," OF ruler, OF
Syracuse, in Sicily. He was sur
rounded by courtiers, Of whom Da.
moc!es was one. This man having
tiatrered the tyrant and spoken in.
the most glowing language OF the
happiness OF royalty, Dionysius
resolved to teach him severe les.
son. Damocies was invited 10 the
palace, but in the midst of the gor-
geous banquet he happened 10
look upwards, when he beheld I.
keen edged sword hanging above
his head, and suspended by a sin
gle hair. HIS fear lest the hair.
might snap at any moment de-
stroyed all hopes OF enjoyment,an.l
FROM that time his notions OF royal
bliss became seriously changed
The same idea of the cares of the
kingly state was expressed by
Shakespeare, when he put into tho
mouth OF Henry the Fourth the
we'll known sentiulent-"Uneas
lies the head that wears, q crown.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-15
He Named Them.

If many a country congregation
made tia part of their religion not
10 twist their necks almost all QUE
of joint to witness the entrance OF
every person who passed up the
aisle of the Westinghouse, it
would be better for their neckS and
their religion. A gross abuse oil
religious decorum sometimes needs
harsh medicine as u remedy.
Being worried one afternoon by
this tuning practice in His cuugre.
CATION, down east minister stop
ped in his sermon aud said:
"Now, you listen to ME and iii
tell you who the people are as each
of them come in.n
He then went on with his dis
course until a gentleman entered,
when he bawled out like an usher:
"Deacon A., who keeps shop over
Uhe way" and then went on with
his sermon.
Presently another man passed
up the aisle, and he gave his name,
residence and occupation. So he
continued for sometime.
AT length, some one entered the
door who was unknown to the par
son, when he cried out: ga little
old man, with drab coat and an
old white hat; don't know him
look tor yourselves!"
That congregation was cured
Baptist Recorder.
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A Way to Settle Scandal.

DR.. M. d. Hodge tells of two
Christian men who "fell out" One
heard that the other was talking
against him, and he went to him
and said: "Will you be kind
enough to tell me my faults to my
face, that I may profit by your
Christian candor and try to get rid
of thelnYD Eyes, sir" replied the
other, II will do it," They went
aside, and the former said: .sBe-
fore you commence telling what
you think wrong iu me, will you
please bow down with me and let
us pray over it, that my eyes may
be opened to see my faults as you
will tell thema You lead in the
prayer" 1t was done, and when
the prayer was over the man who
had sought the interview, said:
.Now proceed with what you have
to complain Of in me-" But the
other replied: "Afterpraying over
it, it looks so little that it is not
worth talking about. The truth is,
[ feel now that in going around
talking against you l have been
serving the devil myself, and have
need that you pray for me, and
forgive me the wrong / have done
vou.-ReliyiOus Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-15
A Great Mans Greatest Thought.

At a dinner at the Astor House,
when Daniel Webster was Secre-
tary of State under President Fill
more, after II period of silence
which fell upon the company OF
some twenty gentlemen who were
present, one of the guests said.
"Mr. Webster, will you tell me
what was the most important
thought that ever occupied your
mind9"
Mr.. Webster slowly passed bis
hand over his forehead, and in a
low tone inquired Of one near him:
'.Is there any one here who does
not know mean
"No; all ale yonr friends"
"The most important thought
that ever occupied my mind" said
Mr.. Webster, twas that OF my in
dividual responsibility to God."-
And after speaking on this subject
in the most solemn strain for some
twenty minutes. be silently rose
from the table and retired to his
room.
This incident, related by Harvey
in his "reminiscences serves to IL
lustrate the attitude Of great minds
towards eternal things. Great men
are not scofers. The men Of flip
pant sneers and goddess jests are
men of small calibre and shallow
intellect. IL is not the wise man
who has s.said in his heart there is
no God.n 1t is not great man
who casts off fear md Restraints
prayer before Him.
A great man comprehends some
thing greater than himself, for he
is but the image of a divine Crea
tor, marred, defaced and distorted
by sin, yet bearing testimony to
the dignity and grandeur of the
divine original, whose glory is SO
family Swallowed in the man whom
he made, and endowed with intel.
lect, and will and conscience, and
whom he has made to feel, III the
depths of his soul, the Importance
.individual responsibility to Cod
Hastings.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-15
NUMBER Is
HIS Friend John.

He was having his, fortune toll.
~ See,n said the medium. coli
tracing her eyebrows and turning
her toes in, II see the name of
john
Yes" said the sitter. indicating
that he had heard the lame be-
fore.
"rhe name seems to have given
you a great deal Of tlouble."
1T has"
"This Johns an intimate fliend.n
"That's So" he said, wondering
ly..
sAnd often leads you to do
things you. are s0rry fOr.D
'.True, every Word:5' Il .5..:s
y .sHis influence oyer you is bad.
!. Right again"
- But you will soon have a Sc
lriods q quarrel, when you will be-,
comesestIallged .,'ss,.
ft'dnsgfad5 Istfa n 5W speIfo out
.hisawhole nalne.' y ;s
The "meejninaopened one eye
and studied the face OF the SITTER
Then Sue wrote some cabdlistic
word and handed it to him in ex-
change for her fee.
s'Do not read it until you are at
hom"," she said solemnly. "ltsls
is your friends whole name."
When lie reached home lie lit
The gas and gravely examined the
paper. There he read in picket
fence characters the name Of his
"friend.u
"Demi JOhn!n
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-15

Boiling, not a little astonished
took the letter from his pocketbook
"lf yon'll permit me-" said the
Judge as he opened the letter and
glanced over the contents. s'He
gives you u good character, and
wants me to look after YOU u little.
All, how, time flies! Lucy. this
young fellows father and I had
such good times in old days. How
long did you read law, Bolling'o
"a little over two years, sir"
"Like itan
Every much indeed, sir"
"Whom did yon read witha"
"Spence 81 Sullivan
Good men. Sullivan put you
through the Office business, fs1s
cy. That's, his way. Now l have
,been.putting you through an exs
haustive examination, which is my
way, and Isthink you will;do. Let
old Bragg ind-another salesman.
||5He'ssnot4d dying for Yon, and lean
get himGa substitute: Il have. two
students in MY Office. What they
are there for is their own business,
but they'll never make great sue
cess ut the bar unless they change
their ways. want a clerk to man
aye my Office and to boss around
while I am off on circuit. I'LL give
you d living salary, not too much,
and you can read law in the mean
while. You ought to be able TO
pass in a year. If you turn out as
| hope you will, why, when you get
your sheepSkin, we'll see what can
be done. What do you say to this7"
Say to it, sir! What can [ say
but yes, and thank you for the
otfHrs"
"Very well, that's settled. Here
we are, aud there is our carriage.
Jump in. LII drive"
The next day James Ponder,
Esq, made his appearance at the
Carriers ill state of elegance only
matched BY that of Captain Cut
ties famous watch-never eQualed
and rarely excelled. de was uShered
into the drawing room and received
by a young lady whose style suited
even his fasuldlous taste, and whose
features had a dim familiarity
When tue judge came in the young
mans recognition Of the farmer in
the car was complete. lie STAN
mered out all apology. but the old
man relieved hlm.
"It could hardly have been ex-
pected that you should have known
us" said the judge. ''Let all that
pass. You are quite welcome. AS
we have two hours before dinner,
we'll 60 10 the office and look over
the papers together. Miss Carter
will excuse you meanwhile"
In the office Poulder found Boil
ling, who was busy at work on a
declaration.
"Why, Frank, / thought you
were going into the grocery bust
uesS.
s.I've changed my mind" said
Frank, resumlng his work.
james Poulder stayed his week
out ard then took the cars to Ca
reysburg.
Frank Boiling did not make the
same trip until two years AFTER
Then be went to visit his father,
who had got over his pecuniary
troubles, and to see his sisters. He
had been admitted to the bar mean
while, and Judge Carter, whose
favorable impressions time had
confirmed, had taken him into
partnership just before he left
He was in high spirits on that trip.
lie was not alone. Miss Lucy Car
ter that had been, Mrs. Francis
Boiling then, wsss his travelling
companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-15

and Chops for sale at
fair prices.
The public will please take nos
tice that the mill property desig.
mated above, which formerly be.
longed to Mr.. oh. Dennis, is now
owned by the undersigned who
Will continue to do business at the
old stand, and will endeayor to
give entire satisfaction to all who
may favor him with their custom.
Thanks for former patronage. Flu
ture favorS solicited.
Respectfully, &C.,
JOSEPH IL. JONES.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-15
A Deferred Pleasure.

An Austin family has a colored
servant that, while very attentive
to her duties, has never been known
to give anybody civil answer
Purely as an experiment, the lady
of the house bought her new CAL
lco dress and gave it to her, say
ing, II am glad to have the pleas
ure, Matilda, Of giving you this
dress.n 'sYou mout hab dat pleas.
nre long ago eff yer had had any re-
gard TO- my feelings" was the gra-
cious reply.-Harpcr's Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-15
sIEUN DELAYS.


Shun delays they broad ri morsr
Take thy tImo, Willie time /, 10 the,,
Creeping snaIls have wenkest force.
Il Fly their fault, lest thou repent troe.
Good Is bost when soonest wrought,
Lingering lnbors come to naught.
Eoist up sail Whilst gallo doth last.
Tide aud wind stay no man's pie -ure;
Sick no. limo whom time is nst.
Sober speed Is wlsdom's leisure.
Alter wits are dearly bought;
Lot thy furo-wlt guide t'y thought.
4. mo wears NIL his locks before,
Ta,se ;hnu hold upon his forehead;
When he Mo he tn ms no moro.
y And behind his scalp Is naked. 6
Works adjourned hnvo many stays,
s Long demurs breed new delays.
Seek thy I've while sore Is green.
s1 Festercd wounds ask decper lanclng;
Atter-cures are seldom soon,
often; sought, scarce over CHI suclng.
Timeand place give best advice: ~
out;ot season, out pace.
a
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aNy dear,n he said awhau is the
difference between ingenious and
ingenuoussn "The difference be-
tween II and i, my love-" she re
piled, and he scratched his head
for a diagram.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-15
TIE WHITE
Sewing Machine
STANDS AHEAD or ALL OTHERS

The latest improved cylinder shut
tie and fat shank needle cannot be
set wrong, are among the latest
Improvements. Over 100000 now
in use in the short time of II years.
Never such record with any other
sewing machine. Don't buy any
till you have examined this new
machine then you can Judge for
Yourself the quletest shuttle ma.
chine on the market. Let me hear
from you.
have also the patent DOUBLE
EDGED REVERSIBLESHEARS
or SCISSORS, the best sou ever
saw, never need grinding nor get
loose in rivet.
And am still making a large
amount Of the best quality Of pop
lar and oak furniture, snch as mar
bile top bureaus, tables, stands,
sideboards,c upboards, trundle beds,
&c. Repairing done and pictures
framed. Pulpits for churches made
to order.
Thanking you fol- past favors, [
submit my claims to you IN the flu
ture and will try and merit Il con
tinuance of the same patronage.
Respectfully, &C.,
R. 81. PENNEWELL,
ONANcocK, VA.
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the Judges daughter. Though that
is very impertinent of me, for he
has said nothing on the subject"
.sDo you think lie is SO irresist-
able to pick and choose at his
pleasure9" inquired the girl, looking
qnizzically. over her fathers Shout
der.
"He can be very fascinating when
lie chooses, I AIN told, replied Boil
ling; ssand as he is handsome, an
only son, and his father worth mil
lions, he is at least what elderly
ladies call "a good catch.'"
"Did it never occur to you,young
man, that it was your duty to obey
fathers orders and deliver your
letter of introduction7"
~ trusts sir, Tin usually obedlent
It was not a positive order. shall
write and explain +"
81 tell you that you should de-
liver that letter to it's proper owner
You are only a trustee in the case
L am Judge Garter, and this is my
daughter Lucy. Hand over the
paper to the court"
Il beg pardon, sir; but ="
.You want identification. Here
ccnductor! Tell this young gentle
man Who'll am"
Judge Carter responded the
functuary, a little curious to know
what it was all about.
s.Thank you, Phillips. That vii
90. Now, sir"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-13
IWINKS.

Ferdinand may pose, but not repOse, as
King of Bulgaria San Francisco alta.
The reason some ladies wear such loud
calling dresses is so they can make the
driver hear them.-ErchangC.
The reason they speak of a round million
is because few men ever get that much on
the square. -puIuh Photographer.
The Journals ideal reckless man is the
one who does not take off his hat when
speaking to a railway official Lincoln
Journal.
1t is a sweet, reveDgeful thought that
when walters sit down to eat they have to
be waited on by some of the other walters.
- Washington Critic.
"What is more lovely than a peaceful
grandmother" asks an exchange. HeT
granddaughter. If this is not the night
answer, we give it up.-Omahd World.
The world may every man a living,
but, like bringing to time a had debtor, 1t
requires considerable hustling Gn a mans
part to collect the bill. -BOsiOR Budget.
Colonel Higginson has written a paper
on a new kind of bonds the New Eng
land Yagabonds." They are coupon bonds
cut off from society. burlington Free
Press.
When n man nowadays does around
without a cent in his pocket to bless him
self with he need not feel lonesome. The
Safe of Indiana is in the same tix.-FOrt
Worth Gazette.
We have heard OF swell dinners with
twelve kinds of wine, but are of the opiD-
ion that one kind OF wine would swell US
so that sc wouldn't care about any din
ner.-LOWeH Citizen.
The fact that the earth is shrinking at
the rate oftwo inches q year does not seem
to trouble Henry George much. There
will still be plenty o fland lett by the time
he gets his system into operation -Phih-
delphid Cal.
lie was lecturlng against polygamy and
eulogizing woman. "What is there in the
wide world" said he, so pure and noble
and lovable as woman ?" And Just then
a voice in the audience replied; 1.-TWO
women. photographer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-13
GoFF AND CHARLIE CALDWELL.

GOFF AND CHARLIE CALDWELL.
1t is proper that the REGIsrER should
reproduce from the PittsbuTg Times, in an
other column of this issue, the opinions Of
Congressman GOFF and CHARLIE CALD-
WELL upon the political outlook for 1888
from q Republican standpoint. Demo
Gratis ought to know what the enemy is
basing their hopes upon. They should
also try to see themselves occasionally as
Others see them. They then can better
strengthen their weak places and battle for
success with certainty. Here in u
" little State, where the genial CHARLIE
is q familiar figure from one end to the
other, that g~eutleman's bombastic procla-
nation about progressive Democrats
does not disturb Us. We expect one Of
these days TO see him wandering back into
the party, saying he has dined of OF dry
husks long enough and wouldn't mind 3
taste of the rich wine and toOthsome
honey that follows in the wake of success.
This thing of being out in The cold for
ever is not for the knight of the memora-
hle dnster.
General GOFF's afflatus is not divine,
neither is il new, but as the etfusion OF
prominent representative Republicans, it
deserves notice. He has been beaten for
Congress and he has been beaten for Gov
eruor, and although filling ont his third
term in Congress, it is no sign that he will
get there again if he be a candidate. 1t
has been said by his " party people that
he was the only Republican in the First
District that could be elected. This
is saying a good deal for General GOFFbut
very little for the Republicanizing OF the
district. The fact is-and no man knows
it better than the General-that the dis
trict is sOundly Democratic, and only by
the corruptest means was it wrested from
Judge BRANSoN at the last Presidential
election. We opiue in 1883 Democrats
will be on their guard and a different story
will be told when the votes are counted.
West Virginia, like all the other States
in this glorious Union, is developing aud
hourishing nicely under a Democratic ad-
ministratiOn, and, take our word for it,
size will stay in the Democratic column for
some time to come. As to Senator CAM
DEN, he is not ont of politics as much as
Gen. GoFF desires it to he understood, and
the Republicans in general would wish.
His individual effort will come into
play to some purpose next year. thank
you, and it will not be in the way the Cen
eral wishes, either.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-13
WE'RE FINED BETTER NOW,

Fifteen years ago a vote was taken on
the proposition to authorize the City Coun-
Gil of Wheeling to subscribe $500, 900 to
the capital stock of the Wheeling and Lake
Erie railroad and $500, coo to the proposed
railroad bridge over the Ohio river and to
authorize the Board of Supervisors to sub
scribe 500, 600 to the stock of the bridge,
making in all a total subscription of $780,
900. Out Of a total vote of 3,096 there WAS
a majority of / 12l for the railroad PROPOSE
ton and a majority of l TO for the bridge.
It being above the constitutional limit
of indebtedness allowed the subscription
vas enjoined, and Wheeling did not get
her much needed railroad. On a rough
estimate Wheeling was about three-iOurths
her present size fifteen years ago. yet by a
big majority the people of Wheeling voted
to pay more for one railroad by probably
half a million than they are asked to pay
now for a half dozen of railroads.
1t is hardly worth while, at this late
day, to tell the sensible people of Wheel
ing what they would gain by these rail
roads. This phase of the subjecthas been
gone over many times, and it is generally
acknowledged that their acquisition would
put Wheeling at least ten years in ad-
vance of her present condition. Where a
decade hence would Wheeling be in the
race with her busting, progressive, manu-
featuring contemporaries, were she 10 labor
on without them? The question answers
itself. She woald be away behind. Or
course we can never hope to catch up with
Pittsbmg, but Wheeling can tread close
upon her heels as a manufacturing city, il
she but uses ordinary ex~ertiOn.
From present indications of public SEN
timent, produced by the REGISTER, we
are inclined to think Wheeling will use
more than ordinary exertIOns to "boOm"
herself.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-13

dents vetoes Of these measures have been
sustained by the general public, and ever
many Republican papers have denounced
the greed of the Grand Army OF the Re-
public and its plans for extending the pen
sion rolls. The idiotic performances OF the
organization only confirm public opinion
as to the wisdom of the Presidents action,
and make thousands Of new friend for DIS
Administration Chicago Times.
So long as Grover Cleveland is President
he is entitled BY every respectable clnzen
to receive personal respect. Not to accord
it is TO him is TO lower u W dignity,
The demonstration made by hot-headee
Western members of the Grand Army II
regard 10 the Presidents visit to st. Loul
made before the battle flag business) Wa
disgraeeful, and the slight to the Preslden
at Wheeling is lamentable. -Hdrtord Coar
| ant. ReD.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-13

ing men. The inheritors of wealth rarely
count for much. They flourish for awhile,
and then their places are taken and more
successfully Sled by men who have been
accustomed to labor.
There is no place too high in this coun-
try for the wOrkingman who has courage,
patience and brains. The great trouble
Just now is that men without brains are
engaged in u gigantic conspiracy to array
labor against capital, aud this in the face
of the fact that every day labOriDg men
with brains and industry are making their
way TO the front.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-13
PUBLIC OPINION.

General Grant Once defined to approve a
bill, which was demanded by the army OF
claim agents and pensioners. The men
now engaged in abusing President Cleve-
land for his refusal to sign the dependent
pension bill had not q word to say against
the great Union captain who killed a SINH
lar measure when he was President. Pres
ident Cleveland can survive the attack of
the ForakeFs, Tuttles and other jackasseS OF
the Grand Army of the Republic. Mont
gOmsry 4drertiser.
The hostility which the Grand Army of
the Republic exhibits toward the President
on every public occasion is not due to the
rehel-lag order or to any question of his
loyalty, but to the fact that he has not al
lowed the surplus in the Treasury to be
drained away by unnecessary, extravaganza
and dishonest pension bills. The Presi-